Seltzer Death Match show

Seltzer Death Match

Summary: Seltzer Death Match is the quest to find the best seltzer in America. Hosts Rachel Ward and Travis Larchuk meet up with a guest judge for a head-to-head taste test of two seltzers and/or carbonated-water-based beverages. Our intro & exit music is Dubstep Drift 007 by Cleric. (CC non-commercial attribution license)

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 2.18: Pokéseltzer with Josh Fjelstad | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:13:43

Which Pokémon is the official Pokémon of seltzer? Josh Fjelstad, co-host of the podcast "EXP. Share," joins us to try a hemp club soda... just in time for 4/20. Today’s matchup: Q Spectacular Club Soda vs. Endo Water Sparkling Hemp Club Soda.

 2.17: Nonlinear with Mike Katzif | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:14:44

It’s a battle of grapefruit seltzers! Podcast producer Mike Katzif joins us for today’s matchup: Waterloo vs. Alta Palla.* *Mike’s original plug was edited out of the show because this episode was recorded in 2019 and he was plugging the concept of attending live concerts. But he suggests, “In the meantime, maybe watching musicians performing awkwardly and wholesomely in their own homes on IG Live and such.”

 2.16: Encased Meats with Sam Lee | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:19:15

We're back, just in time for that Independence Day cookout you definitely shouldn't be going to because social distancing is still a thing. Hot dog aficionado Sam Lee joins us to taste two more trendy hemp seltzers. Today's matchup: Sweet Reason strawberry lavender vs. Dram gingergrass. Black lives matter; this seltzer podcast does not... so enjoy this little break and then get back to being actively anti-racist.

 2.15: A-A-T-M with Meredith Heil | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:21:58

Get out of the way, Aesthetics, Bub and Flava… there’s a new rubric in town. Food and beverage writer Meredith Heil joins us, and the brunch ambience outside the shipping container is VERY LOUD. Today’s matchup: Ever and Ever vs. Market Basket.

 2.14: Bubs with Drugs with Elizabeth Donnelly and Stu Sherman | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:14:37

For $125,000: Does Meredith Vieira like seltzer? A: Yes B: No C: She's more of a Spindrift fan D: Richard Nixon It's booze vs. hemp black cherry seltzers. Today's matchup: White Claw vs. Weller.

 2.13: Crime Seltzer with Abbey Kos | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:12:46

We begin with an actual news update from our carbonation correspondent about the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the seltzer industry. Then, another new episode from 2019: Writer/editor/strategist Abbey Kos joins us to make a confession. Today’s matchup: An artisanal local Brooklyn seltzer vs. FOUND unflavored. Today’s episode uses the song “She Thinks Herself Immortal” by Jim Rooster, CC Attribution license.

 2.12: Water with Glitter in It with Caitlin Dickerson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:16:15

Club soda vs. mineral water? The world's gone to hell, so who cares! In late 2019, New York Times reporter Caitlin Dickerson joined us in a shipping container in the backyard of a Bushwick pizza restaurant to compare two things that make no sense to compare. Today's matchup: Sea to Sea club Soda vs. Lurisia mineral water.

 2.11: I'm Every Seltzer with Wendy Zukerman | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:17:52

Seltzer Death Match is back with new episodes recorded in the past. Wendy Zukerman of Gimlet's "Science Vs." brought us two Polish seltzers she found in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Today's matchup: Naleczowianka vs. Cisowianka. Stay safe, everybody.

 2.10: They Rip, They Dunk, They Chew, They Swallow with Peter Bresnan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:13:24

Peter Bresnan is the producer of Gimlet's "The Habitat," about six fake astronauts trapped in a fake Mars habitat for a year. What happens when he's trapped in a seltzer podcast for an hour, edited down to 13 minutes? Today's matchup: Polar Club Soda Lemon Twist vs. Polar Seltzer "Yeti Mischief."

 2.09: The Devon Sawa of Seltzer with Theo Balcomb | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:14:15

Does Michael Barbaro like seltzer? Our guest judge Theo Balcomb has the answer. Theo produces The New York Times news podcast, "The Daily," and she has some HOT GOSS about seltzer culture at The Gray Lady. Today's matchup: Mountain Valley vs. Field Day.

 2.08: Seltzer Feelings with Tim Manley | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:13:30

Joy. Sadness. Anger. Fear. Disgust. These are the five human emotions, as depicted by Pixar's "Inside Out." Which do you experience upon drinking seltzer? We explore this question with Tim Manley, storyteller and writer/star of the web series "The Feels." Today's matchup: Four Point Zero Green Apple vs. Four Point Zero Mango Cilantro.

 2.07: Club Soda Fight to the Finish | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:16:27

Host Julia Melfi welcomes the judges of Seltzer Death Match, Rachel Ward and Travis Larchuk, to choose which is the most good club soda in the U-S-A. This episode uses the song “Bubble Butterflies,” by Bottlesmoker, CC Attribution-NonCommercial license.

 2.06: Missing the Z with Rebecca Soffer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:11:35

Does Chelsea Clinton like seltzer? We know she was once in the vicinity of Hint Fizz, thanks to today's guest judge, Rebecca Soffer. She's the co-founder of "Modern Loss," a web site and book with essays about the grieving process. Today's battle: Topo Chico from Mexico vs. Selters from Germany.

 2.05: If It’s Cold, It’s Sold with Chris Taylor | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:36:40

The VP of Boylan Bottling Co. joins us to defend his company’s products in the wake of Boylan’s losses at the hands of regional favoritism and a non-seltzer mixed with soy sauce. In this extra-long special episode, we’ll learn everything we didn’t know we wanted to know about the bub biz. Then, it’s a Boylan Battle Royale: We’ll taste all four Boylan seltzer flavors, but only one can win. Today’s episode uses the song “Think,” by Lee Rosevere, CC Attribution-NonCommercial license.

 2.04: Soy Sauce & Seltzer with Kat Chow | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:12:45

Does Bob Costas like seltzer? Our special guest judge, NPR's Kat Chow, might know the answer. She discusses her stint as a producer at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Then she surprises us with an unprecedented challenge: mixing seltzer with SOY SAUCE. Today's matchup: Boylan's Lemon Seltzer vs. San Pellegrino Lemon (which we know is not technically seltzer, don't @ us).

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